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Message started by Fairshake on Oct 4th, 2015 at 5:49pm

Title: Re: Reloading cast bullets for 1898 Krag
Post by madsenshooter on Oct 14th, 2015 at 1:16am
Yep seated to slightly engrave.  The top of the bottom band is at the casemouth.  It wasn't the worst outing I ever had, but far from the best too.  It almost shot a group!  I was hitting close enough to fragments of clay pigeon that were on the berm to move them, busted a couple whole ones.  But some of my shots were obviously going high.  It didn't help any that the posts on the bench broke off at ground level.  Rest was shaky and I had to stretch awkwardly to get a position.  I sometimes didn't get a good checkweld, so probably had some movement due to parallax, which I didn't seem to have adjusted right.  In retrospect, I should have set up on top of my car and skipped the bench.  So nothing great, but still not shabby for a 120yr old rifle with homemade bullets at close to 2000pfs, shot off a wobbly bench.  No sign of leading and I shot a couple Nosler 168 BTHP loads after the cast. It was up to its usual accuracy, the shots touching about 4 min higher than the Eagan.  I'll try to do better next time!  I hope the DNR fixes the bench.  If people don't quit leaving their trash, that might not happen!
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